Thus, it is the end of year rush where agencies try to spend the rest of their budget. Lots of people think this time of year is wasteful - some of the top betterbuyproject.org ideas were around fixing it.

What are your suggestions on fixing the end of year rush?

Is it to be expected and is normal at any big organization (big companies have the same thing, right)?

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Mary Davies and Chris Hamm...can you discuss in detail how this could be possible or why this recommendation presents challenges? Thanks for the question Steve.

While this admittedly may not be a long-term fix, for the federal fiscal year end DLT Solutions is helping with the rush by offering a quick one-hour quote turnaround as well as an extensive range of procurement vehicles including: GSA, SEWP IV, ECS III and more.

I think there should be different authorizations and funding mechanisms for different kinds of programs and projects. Francis Rose of Federal News Radio had a conversation the other day with John Young, the former Dep UnderSec for Acquisiiton, Technology and Logisitics who addressed the need for change in Congressional review and approval of some programs and having the ability to implement Multi-year Contracts which ultimately saves money and improves program management. - the link to the interview is here http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=17&sid=2058776